Editorial: Emotional Disturbance and Brain Imaging in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Iranian Brain Imaging Database: A Neuropsychiatric Database of Healthy Brain

Introduction: The Iranian Brain Imaging Database (IBID) was initiated in 2017, with 5 major goals: provide researchers easy access to a neuroimaging database, provide normative quantitative measures of the brain for clinical research purposes, study the aging profile of the brain, examine the association of brain structure and function, and join the ENIGMA consortium. Many prestigious databases...

Imaging brain chemistry and function in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Over 20 years have now passed since the first posi tron emis sion to mo gra phy (PET) stud ies were pub lished. At the time, it seemed that the mys ter ies of psy chi at ric ill nesses would be re vealed in only a few years. How na ïve we were: the brain has proved to be un be lieva bly com plex. Af ter 2 dec ades of ex pen sive and dif fi cult re search, we do not have a sin gle brainimaging t...

Role of Hybrid Brain Imaging in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

This is a focused review of imaging literature to scope the utility of hybrid brain imaging in neuropsychiatric disorders. The review focuses on brain imaging modalities that utilize hybrid (fusion) techniques to characterize abnormal brain molecular signals in combination with structural and functional changes that have been observed in neuropsychiatric disorders. An overview of clinical hybri...

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Oestrogen, brain function, and neuropsychiatric disorders.

research on the neurobiological effects of oestrogen. Also, health professionals are being asked for guidance on whether women should be prescribed oestrogen and progestogen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) not only to treat vasomotor instability and reduce bone loss, but also in various neuropsy-chiatric disorders. However, it is controversial whether oestrogen is indicated in the treatment o...